Double fitting for a vehicle seat, and vehicle seat

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071657-B2
Application number	US-201515124174-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 3, 2015
Priority date	Mar 7, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

A vehicle seat double fitting ( 10 ) includes two fittings ( 100 ) operatively connected to each other and each with a first fitting part ( 111 ) and a second fitting part ( 112 ) that are rotatable relative to one another around an axis (A) and are in geared connection or locked to one another. An adapter part ( 150 ) is connected to one of the first fitting parts ( 111 ) or the second fitting parts ( 112 ) and a second adapter part ( 160 ) is connected to other of the first fitting parts ( 111 ) or the second fitting parts ( 111, 112 ). Exactly one adapter part ( 150, 160 ) is fixedly connected to a structural part ( 3 ) of the vehicle seat and the other of the two adapter parts ( 150, 160 ) is limitedly moveable or rotatable around the axis (A), relative to the structural part ( 3 ) and the adapter part ( 150, 160 ) fixedly connectable to the structural part ( 3 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A double fitting for a vehicle seat, the double fitting comprising:
two fittings which are operatively connected to one another, wherein each of the two fittings comprises a first fitting part and a second fitting part which are rotatable relative to one another about an axis, wherein the first fitting part and the second fitting part are in geared connection with one another or can be locked together; and
two adapter parts which are arranged adjacent to one another in an axial direction and of which a first adapter part is connected to one of the two first fitting parts and a second adapter part is connected to the other of the two first fitting parts, or the first adapter part is connected to one of the two second fitting parts and the second adapter part is connected to the other of the two second fitting parts, wherein exactly one of the adapter parts is fixedly connectable to a structure part of the vehicle seat and the other of the two adapter parts is movable to a limited extent about the axis, relative to the structure part and relative to the adapter part which is fixedly connectable to the structure part, one of the two adapter parts having a projection which engages with play into a receptacle of the other of the two adapter parts.

2. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the other of the two adapter parts is rotatable to a limited extent about the axis relative to the structure part and relative to the adapter part which is fixedly connectable to the structure part.

3. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, after a limited relative movement between the first adapter part and the second adapter part, the projection bears against a contact contour of the receptacle.

4. The double fitting as claimed in claim 3 , wherein an engaging-around portion, which is fastened to one of the two adapter parts, engages around the other of the two adapter parts without impeding the limited relative movement between the first adapter part and the second adapter part.

5. The double fitting as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the engaging-around portion is of U-shaped form and comprises two flanges which point in an axial direction and which, between them, at least partially receive at least one of the two adapter parts.

6. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first adapter part and the second adapter part each have a projection and a receptacle which engage reciprocally into one another.

7. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the receptacle of the adapter part is an opening in said adapter part.

8. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the two adapter parts has a hook-shaped engaging-around portion which engages over the other of the two adapter parts and secures the latter in an axial direction.

9. The double fitting as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two adapter parts are identical parts.

Assignees

• Johnson Controls Components Gmbh & Co Kg

Inventors

• Albert Reginold Kirubaharan
• Lehmann Ulrich
• Kraus Reinhard
• Bossmanns Bernd
• Schueler Rolf

Classifications

• B60N2/2356

  with internal pawls · CPC title

• B60N2/682 Primary

  Joining means · CPC title

• B60N2/236

  linearly movable · CPC title

• B60N2/2254 Primary

  provided with braking systems · CPC title